Social News Roundup | June 29, 2015

Instagram’s new update allows users to search places and view real-time trending hashtags on the Explore page. The Explore page will also display curated content of interesting accounts for users to check out. See the full update here.

2. Facebook Testing ‘See First’ News Feed Customization Feature

Photo courtesy of SocialTimes

Facebook is testing another news feed feature: “See First.” This feature will allow users to select certain friends and pages whose content will always appear on the top of their newsfeeds. For the full details, check out this article on SocialTimes.

3. Twitter Wants You to “Favorite” Tweets with Hearts Instead of Stars

Photo courtesy of Mashable

Say goodbye to favoriting tweets with a star because Twitter is now testing the use of both circled and borderless hearts in place of the original star. Would you favorite this idea?

4. Top Markets by Percentage for WhatsApp, Snapchat, WeChat (Infographic)

Photo courtesy of SocialTimes

GlobalWebIndex recently conducted a study that revealed that Whatsapp is most popular in South Africa, while people in China prefer WeChat. See the full infographic here.